Titanic medal sold at auction for $10,200

NEW YORK (AP) -- A bronze medal commissioned by Titanic passenger Molly Brown to honor one of her rescuers sold Thursday for $10,200 at a Christie's auction.
A corroded cast bronze flag from a Titanic lifeboat sold for $72,000, and a bronze name board, from another of the ill-fated liner's lifeboats, sold for $60,000.
Brown was known as "the unsinkable Molly Brown" for inspiring the people in her lifeboat to row and keep calm despite their fear and the low temperatures.
She and other passengers were saved by the captain and crew of the ship Carpathia, whom Brown later honored with bronze medals, including the one sold Thursday.
The small flag depicts the logo of the White Star Line, which owned the ship, and came with a name board that reads, "S.S. Titanic."
Both were attached to one of 16 white wooden lifeboats that ferried passengers to safety during the ship's sinking.
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